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Motorist who cut up cyclist then headbutted him escapes jail

Judge hands Ashley Rogers suspended sentence following incident in Stroud last year
by Simon_MacMichael
Sun, May 05, 2019 16:09
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A driver who headbutted a cyclist who remonstrated with him after the motorist cut him up has escaped jail.

Ashley Rogers, aged 29 and from Stroud, was last month found guilty of assault at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court following the incident on 1 October last year, reports Gloucestershire Live.

At his trial, the court heard that he git out of his car and told Richard Child, also 29, that he had “picked the wrong f*ck*ng bloke” after the cyclist shouted “oi” at him when Rogers cut him up.

Jessica Dobson, prosecuting, said that a female passenger in the car told Rogers to “leave it” but he pushed Mr Child into a hedge then headbutted him.

 She said that Mr Child, who reported what had happened to police the following day and later identified Rogers in an identity parade, “was left standing by the hedge in a daze and in a state of shock.”

The cyclist sustained a chipped tooth and reddened cheek due to the incident, and was now more nervous about riding on the road.

Rogers, who lives with his parents, was driving a car registered to them but was uninsured.

A probation officer told the court that Rogers, sentenced in March last years to six weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months for harassing his ex-partner, “totally denied” assaulting Mr Child.

He added his mother has terminal cancer and that Rogers, who is several thousand pounds in debt, suffers from depression and attention deficit syndrome and who recently attempted to take an overdose, abuses alcohol and cocaine.

David Brown, in mitigation, told district judge Joti Bopa Rai: “It’s a plea for him and his family. I can confirm that his mother has terminal lung cancer.

“It’s a matter of weeks, if not a month, unfortunately,” he added, explaining that his client had the opportunity to start a new job in the coming week.

The judge handed Rogers an 18-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, added six penalty points to his driving licence and ordered him to pay Mr Child £200 in compensation and to pay a £115 victim surcharge and costs of £300.

Ashley Rogers
. Stroud
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Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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burtthebike replied to ConcordeCX | 5 years ago
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ConcordeCX wrote:

I'm considering carrying a gun.  Anyone have any reccommendations?

there's an interesting, well-researched article here about cyclists and their little friends:

https://cyclehistory.wordpress.com/2015/10/03/guns-wheels-and-steel-cycl...

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Fascinating, thanks for the link.

I'm predicting that custom holsters and bar mounts will feature at Bespoke next year.

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ConcordeCX replied to burtthebike | 5 years ago
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burtthebike wrote:

Great; April the first again.  I love it when these days come around twice on the calendar and we can all enjoy laughing at the insane stories that the reporters cook up for us.

Just imagine if a cyclist had dragged a driver out of their car and head butted them, no matter the extenuating circumstances, how long they'd be in prison for?  Five years?

No insurance, crap driver, assault; didn't even lose his licence.

I'm considering carrying a gun.  Anyone have any reccommendations?

at what point in the narrative would you have shot him?

 

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BehindTheBikesheds replied to ConcordeCX | 5 years ago
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ConcordeCX wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

Great; April the first again.  I love it when these days come around twice on the calendar and we can all enjoy laughing at the insane stories that the reporters cook up for us.

Just imagine if a cyclist had dragged a driver out of their car and head butted them, no matter the extenuating circumstances, how long they'd be in prison for?  Five years?

No insurance, crap driver, assault; didn't even lose his licence.

I'm considering carrying a gun.  Anyone have any reccommendations?

at what point in the narrative would you have shot him?

Can you not see that violent crime, one that happens frequently and not deterred by the system/those meant to protect/uphold laws is why people start to think in this way? They want to tool up as protection/deterrent because of the aformentioned failures, if they won't/can't then it's either be a victim all the time or potential victim or do something about it.

Sometimes I think I wish I could slash a motorist femeral artery and let them bleed out or stab them in the face, I never would but that instant vent using a few choice words is often enough to slake that violence hunger. That said shooting people at long distance is actually a far easier thing to do mentally than stab/shoot someone up close and personal in my opinion.

I still think people who shoot, stab and otherwise act out malicious violent harm that kills or inflict serious injury (amongst others) do not deserve to be a part of any society at any juncture, society as a whole would benefit from these people being terminated/sent to some etremely remote part of the world and left to the wild/wild animals to hand out a sentence.

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Morat replied to ConcordeCX | 5 years ago
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ConcordeCX wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

Great; April the first again.  I love it when these days come around twice on the calendar and we can all enjoy laughing at the insane stories that the reporters cook up for us.

Just imagine if a cyclist had dragged a driver out of their car and head butted them, no matter the extenuating circumstances, how long they'd be in prison for?  Five years?

No insurance, crap driver, assault; didn't even lose his licence.

I'm considering carrying a gun.  Anyone have any reccommendations?

at what point in the narrative would you have shot him?

 

 

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NPlus1Bikelights replied to burtthebike | 5 years ago
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article wrote:

attention deficit syndrome and who recently attempted to take an overdose, abuses alcohol and cocaine.

Ignoring the prison sentence (they don't want anyone getting <6 months actually in prison to save money) he shouldn't be allowed on the roads. Repeat incident is a certainty. If there is a death the blood is on the judge's hands.

If this was a pedestrian being assualted different result quite likely.

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